Ms Sarah Neary:

It is the building control authority and it is to ensure it gets the best bang for its buck when it inspects by ensuring it inspects the highest risk points.

Deputy Casey spoke about five inspections and he listed the various types. That was an item of work we did on guidance on a sample inspection plan for the assigned certifier. We would view it to be the role of the assigned certifier to inspect at those points. While he or she, in his or her professional judgment, might consider more or less were required, we view that as a benchmark for non-complex buildings or dwellings. We would never envisage a situation where the local authority would be inspecting at all those levels. The assigned certifier would be the primary inspector of key stages and then the local authority could carry out a risk-based targeted inspection but to a lesser extent.